Securities Law

SEC Charges Two Investment Advisers with Making False and Misleading Statements About Their Use of Artificial Intelligence

March 18, 2024
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The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled charges against two investment advisers, Delphia (USA) Inc. and Global Predictions Inc., for making false and misleading statements about their purported use of artificial intelligence (AI).… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges 17 Individuals in $300 Million Crypto Asset Ponzi Scheme Targeting the Latino Community

March 15, 2024
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The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged 17 individuals for their roles in a $300 million Ponzi scheme that involved Houston, Texas-based CryptoFX LLC and targeted more than 40,000 predominantly Latino investors in the U.S. and two other… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges Tallgrass Energy’s Former Board Member Roy Cook and Four Others with Insider Trading in Advance of Blackstone Acquisition

March 12, 2024
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The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced insider trading charges against Roy Cook, a former board member of Tallgrass Energy LP, and four of his friends for trading on material nonpublic information in advance of a public announcement that… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges Skechers with Making Undisclosed Payments to Executives’ Family Members

March 7, 2024
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The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Skechers U.S.A. Inc., a footwear company based in California, agreed to settle charges for failing to disclose payments for the benefit of its executives and their immediate family members.… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Adopts Amendments to Enhance Disclosure of Order Execution Information

March 6, 2024
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The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted rule amendments that update the disclosure required under Rule 605 of Regulation NMS for order executions in national market system stocks (NMS stocks), which are stocks listed on a national securities… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Adopts Rules to Enhance and Standardize Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors

March 6, 2024
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The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted rules to enhance and standardize climate-related disclosures by public companies and in public offerings. The final rules reflect the Commission’s efforts to respond to investors’ demand for more… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges Advisory Firm HG Vora for Disclosure Failures Ahead of Ryder Acquisition Bid

March 1, 2024
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The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled charges against New York-based investment adviser HG Vora Capital Management LLC for its failure to make timely ownership disclosures in the lead-up to its May 2022 acquisition bid for… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges Lordstown Motors with Misleading Investors about Company’s Flagship Electric Vehicle

February 29, 2024
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The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Lordstown Motors Corp. with misleading investors about the sales prospects of Lordstown’s flagship electric pickup truck, the Endurance. Lordstown, which filed for bankruptcy in 2023, went public by… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Investor Advisory Committee to Discuss Proposals to Improve Equity Market Structure and Examine the Use of Materiality as a Disclosure Standard

February 29, 2024
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The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Investor Advisory Committee will hold a public meeting on March 7 at 10 a.m. ET at the SEC Headquarters in Washington, D.C. The meeting will also be webcast on the SEC website. The committee will host two panels… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Announces Departure of William Birdthistle; Natasha Vij Greiner Named Director of the Division of Investment Management

February 28, 2024
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The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that William Birdthistle, the Director of the Division of Investment Management, will depart the agency, effective March 8, 2024. Natasha Vij Greiner, currently the Deputy Director of the Division of… Full report at: Read More

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